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This page is devoted to J/105 records
and accomplishments of note. When a record that appears here has been broken,
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Past Presidents of the J/105 Class Association
2000 Bill Sutton, Fleet #3
2001 Don Priestly, Fleet #14
2002 Rick Wollerman, Fleet #5 then Ed Dailey, Fleet #14
2003 Jaren Leet, Fleet #1
2004 Bob Smith, Fleet #5
2005 Tom Carruthers, Fleet #8
2006 Walt Nuschke, Fleet #3
2007 Eden Kim, Fleet #1
2008 Rob Mock, Fleet #22
Major Regatta Winners
North American Champions
1995 Walt Marti, INVICTUS, Hull #35,
San Francisco (11 boats)
1996 Bo Robinson, SQUEEZE PLAY, Hull
#68, Chesapeake (12 boats)
1997 Fred Babson, FLUIDITY, Hull #39,
Chicago (9 boats)
1998 Bob Taylor, HIJINX, Hull #173,
Newport (15 boats)
1999 Bob Taylor, CHARADE, Hull #111,
San Francisco (18 boats)
2000 Steve Phillips, LE RENARD, Hull #113, Annapolis (34 boats)
2001 Glenn Darden/Reese Hillard/Philip
Williamson, HOSS, Hull #237, Larchmont (30 boats)
2002 Steve Phillips, PEREGRINE, Hull #381, Chicago (50 boats)
2003 Chris Perkins/Dave Wilson/Phil Perkins, GOOD TIMIN', Hull #35, San Francisco
(39 boats)
2004 Glenn Darden/Reese Hillard/Phil Williamson, HOSS, Hull #237, Marion,
MA (52 boats)
2005 Alex Baluta, GROOVADOR, Hull #565, Toronto, ON (35 boats)
2006 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17, Marina del Rey, CA (31 boats)
2007 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17, Annapolis, MD (69 boats)
St. Francis Perpetual Trophy Regatta
(Big Boat Series)
1993 McDonnell & Kent, NIAWAH,
Hull #35, (8 boats)
1994 Walt Marti, INVICTUS, Hull #35
1996 Steve Podell, THRASHER, Hull #105,
(7 boats)
1997 Dave Tambellini, BELLA ROSA, Hull
#31
1998 Steve Podell, THRASHER, Hull #105
(18 boats)
1999 Sam Hock, JOSE CUERVO, Hull #42
(25 boats)
2000 Pugh/Litfin, WIND DANCE, Hull #375 (32 boats)
2001 Cancelled due to Terrorist Attack on NYC
2002 Phil Perkins & Dave Wilson, GOOD
TIMIN', Hull #35 (33 boats)
2003 Tim Russell & Roy Steiner,
AQUAVIT, Hull #103 (34 boats)
2004 Phil Perkins & Dave Wilson, GOOD TIMIN', Hull #35 (31 boats)
2005 Scott Sellers, DONKEY JACK, Hull #26 (33 boats)
2006 Chris & Phil Perkins & Dave Wilson, GOOD TIMIN', Hull #35 (36
boats)
2007 Chris Perkins, Hull #35 (34 boats)
Block Island Race Week
1996 Harvey Howalt, POLAR MAGIC,
Hull #142 (7 boats)
1997 Brian Tedeschi, ETHEREAL, Hull
#27 (11 boats)
1998 Bob Taylor, HIJINX, Hull #173
(12 boats)
1999 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull
#50 (23 boats)
2000 James Doane, WONDER WAGON, Hull #245 (30 boats)
2001 John Hourihan, PFM2, Hull #315 (30 boats)
2002 Joerg Esdorn, KINCSEM, Hull #324 (28 boats)
2003 Thomas Enright, PRETTY SKETCHY, Hull #324 (32 boats)
2004 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50 (26 boats)
2005 Thomas Enright, PRETTY SKETCHY, Hull #324 (21 boats)
2006 Brian Keane, SAVASANA, Hull #526 (16 boats)
2007 Brian Keane, SAVASANA,
Hull #526 (24 boats)
Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week (SoCal)
(until 2005 North Sails Race Week)
2000 Tom Carruthers, CLOUSEAU, Hull #275 (6 boats)
2001 Tom Carruthers,
INCORRIGIBLE, Hull #435 (11 boats)
2002 Tom Carruthers, INCORRIGIBLE, Hull #435 (29 boats)
2003 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (25 boats)
2004 Ed Cummins/Jack Franco, BOLD FORBES, Hull #523 (20 boats)
2005 Scott Birnberg / Doug McLean, INDIGO3, Hull #621 (23 boats)
2006 Gary Mozer, CURRENT OBSESSION 2, Hull #46 (20 boats)
2007 Bennet Greenwald, Hull #216 (15 boats)
Bermuda International Race Week
2001 John (JT)
Thompson, MONKEYSHINES, Hull #178 (4 boats)
2003 Mark Cloutier, ADDICTION, Hull #74 (5 boats)
2004 Adam Barboza, ADDICTION, Hull #74 (6 boats)
2005 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (6 boats)
2006 John Corless, MONKEYSHINES, Hull #178 (5 boats)
2007 Jon Brewin & Allan Williams, NOT MINE, Hull #74 (5 boats)
St. Petersburgh NOOD
2003 Geoff Burge, STAMPEDE, Hull #253 (6 boats)
2004 Steve Olinger, J'MAKIN' WAVES, Hull #210 (6 boats)
2005 (shoal) Steve Olinger, J'MAKIN' WAVES, Hull #210 (8 boats)
2005 (deep) James Doane, Jr. FLAME, Hull #281 (10 boats)
2006 Phil Lotz, INDEFATIGABLE, Hull #493 (15 boats)
2007 Worth Harris, RUM AT SIX, Hull #603 (18
boats)
2008 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50 (12 boats)
NYYC Rolex
1998 Bob Taylor, HIJINX, Hull #173 (10 boats)
2000 Jack Colby, NO SURRENDER, Hull #74 (25 boats)
2002 Glenn Darden/Reese Hillard/Philip Williamson, HOSS, Hull #237 (27
boats)
2004 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (28 boats)
2006 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (20 boats)
Northeast Champioships/Newport NOOD/Larchmont NOOD
1995 Jeff Johnstone, POLAR EXPRESS,
Hull #118 (10 boats, Newport NOOD)
1996 Bob Taylor, XSNRJ, Hull #145 (7
boats, Manhasset YC)
1997 Bob Carballal, TAR BABY, Hull
#80 (11 boats, Newport NOOD)
1999 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50
(21 boats, Larchmont)
2001 Kerry Klingler, MAGIC, Hull #493 (23 boats)
2002 Jim Sorensen, WET LEOPARD, Hull #307 (22 boats)
2003 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50
(30 boats)
2004 Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50 (19 boats)
2005 Kevin Grainger, GUMPTION3/MACK DADDY, Hull #627 (18 boats)
2006 Kevin Grainger, CYAN, Hull #239 (17 boats)
2007 Joerg Esdorn, KINCSEM, Hull #324 (22 boats)
Key West Race Week
1999 Bob Swirbalus, PHENIX, Hull #55
(8 boats)
2000 Andrew D. Skibo, PLUM CRAZY, Hull #90 (18 boats)
2001 Robert Johnstone, TERN V, Hull #304 (25 boats)
2002 Robert Johnstone, TERN VII, Hull
#500 (28 boats)
2003 Rich Bennett & Shawn Bergmann,
ZUNI BEAR, Hull #284 (29 boats)
2004 Rich Bennett & Shawn Bergmann, ZUNI BEAR, Hull #284 (29 boats)
2005 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (40 boats)
2006 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (29 boats)
2007 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (33 boats)
2008 Thomas Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (33 boats)
Southern Circuit (President's Trophy)
2004 Rich Bergmann, ZUNI BEAR, Hull #284 (13 qualified)
2005 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (21 qualified)
2006 Brian Keane, SAVASANA, Hull #526 (17 qualified)
2007 Don Wilson, CONVEXITY, Hull #370 (18 qualified)
Southern Circuit Sportsmanship (President's Trophy)
2004 Joe Highsmith, DEAD ON ARRIVAL, Hull #433
2005 Don Wilson, CONVEXITY, Hull #370
2006 Worth Harris, RUM AT SIX, Hull #603
2007 John Mathis, FORERUNNER, Hull #510
Chicago NOOD
1996 Fred Babson, FLUIDITY, Hull #39
(10 boats)
1997 Chris Coffin & Jon Zakin, WE BE
JAMMIN' 2, Hull #93 (9 boats)
1998 Chris Coffin & Jon Zakin, WE BE
JAMMIN' 2, Hull #93 (10 boats)
1999 George Petkovic, REVELATION, Hull
#64 (12 boats)
2000 Lenny Siegal, LUCKY DUBIE, Hull #46 (15 boats)
2001 Jon Weglarz, CARESS, Hull #464 (20 boats)
2002 Lenny Siegal, LUCKY DUBIE, Hull #46 (22 boats)
2003 Bob Smith, NEW WORLD, Hull #295
(21 boats)
2004 David Wagner, GIGI, Hull #424 (23 boats)
2005 Jon Weglarz, CARESS, Hull #464 (18 boats)
2006 John Huhn, KATANA, Hull #630 (20 boats)
2007 Dorin Candea, MESSY JESSY, Hull #288 (22 boats)
San Francisco NOOD
1996 Steve Podell, THRASHER, Hull
#105 (5 boats)
1998 Ian Charles, SAILS CALL, Hull
#112 (17 boats)
1999 Ian Charles, SAILS CALL, Hull
#112 (25 boats)
2000 David Wilson, GOOD TIMIN', Hull
#35 (28 boats)
2001 Jeff Littfin &Steve Pugh, WIND DANCE, Hull #375 (35 boats)
2002 Bergmann/Bennett, ZUNI BEAR, Hull #284 (30 boats)
2003 Perkins/Wilson/Perkins, GOOD
TIMIN', Hull #35 (36 boats)
Discontinued in 2004
Annapolis NOOD
1999 Andy Skibo, PLUM CRAZY,
Hull #90 (21 boats)
2000 Andy Skibo, PLUM CRAZY, Hull #90 (30 boats)
2001 Alec Cutler, HOOKED ON TONICS, Hull #418 (30 boats)
2002 Cedric Lewis/Fredrick Salvesen, MIRAGE, Hull #328 (34 boats)
2003 Alec Cutler, HOOKED ON TONICS, Hull #418 (34 boats)
2004
Cedric Lewis/Fredrick Salvesen, MIRAGE, Hull #328 (24 boats)
2005
Hugh Bethell, JESTER, Hull #43 (30 boats)
2006 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (36 boats)
2007 Peter Schellie, FREEDOM, Hull #242 (45 boats)
Marblehead NOOD 1999 Rick Wright, WONDER WAGON, Hull
#245 (5 boats)
2000 Glen Darden/Reese Hillard/Phil Williamson, HOSS, Hull #237 (8 boats)
2001 Robert Swirbalus, PHENIX, Hull #55 (10 boats)
2002 Ken Strauss, HEART THROB, Hull #145 (10 boats)
2003 Robert Hooper, M GO BLUE, Hull #417 (15 boats)
2004 Vern Polidoro, VIGILANTE, Hull #483 (11 boats)
2005 Peter & Doug Morgan, STEEL AWAY III, Hull #620 (16 boats)
2006 Peter & Doug Morgan, STEEL AWAY III, Hull #620 (18 boats)
2007 Peter & Doug Morgan, STEEL AWAY III, Hull #620 (20 boats)
San Diego NOOD
1999 Stewart Cannon, J-OK, Hull #45
(6 boats)
2000 Art McMillan, BELLY DANCER, Hull #159 (7 boats)
2001 Dale Byrne/Dennis Case, NO COMPROMISE, Hull #100 (12
boats)
2002 Dennis & Sharon Case, WINGS,
Hull #514 (25 boats)
2003 Dennis & Sharon Case, WINGS,
Hull #514 (24 boats)
2004 Ed Cummins/Jack Franco, BOLD FORBES, Hull #523 (26 boats)
2005 Dennis & Sharon Case, WINGS, Hull #514 (24 boats)
2006 John Downing & Jack Franco, CHILE PEPPER, #617 (21 boats)
2007 Gary Mozer, CURRENT OBSESSION 2, #46 (23 boats)
2008 Jeff Janov, INVISIBLE, #130 (20 boats)
Galveston NOOD
2000 Hal Haltom, CAYUSE, Hull #344 (5 boats)
2001 Barry Brown, BLUE MAX, Hull #124 (11 boats)
2002 Vic Forsythe, AFTERSHOCK, Hull
#393 (8 boats)
2003 Hal Haltom, CAYUSE, Hull #344 (12 boats)
2004 Ryan Glaze, GRINGO, Hull #629 (10 boats)
2005 Bill Zartler, SOLARIS, Hull #286 (6 boats)
2006 Bill Zartler, SOLARIS, Hull #286 (8 boats)
2006 Bill Zartler, SOLARIS, Hull #286 (9 boats)
Detroit NOOD
2001 "Billy Bob" Cox, CREATIVE LTC, #422 (17 boats)
2002 David and Lyndon Lattie, PATRIOT, #559 (20 boats)
2003 Jim & Cynthia Best, PHANTOM, #396 (22 boats)
2004 Jim & Cynthia Best, PHANTOM, #396 (17 boats)
2005 Colin Mills, WISH, #148 (15 boats)
2006 C.J. Ruffing, C-JEM, #420 (11 boats)
2007 Michael Morin / Duane Rose, JUNTO, #384 (12 boats)
Toronto NOOD
2004 Michael Jones, STARCROSS, Hull #371 (11 boats)
2005 Robert Baker, PLANET B, Hull #238 (17 boats)
2006 David Shaver, RETERN, Hull #73 (11 boats)
2007 James Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull
#110 (16 boats)
MIAMI RACE WEEK (SORC
until 2005)
2000 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull
#17 (6 boats)
2001 Robert Johnstone, TERN V, Hull #304 (8 boats)
2002 James Doane, Jr., FLAME, Hull #281 (11 boats)
2003 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull
#17 (9 boats)
2004
Rich Bennett & Shawn Bergmann, ZUNI BEAR, Hull #284 (9 boats)
2005 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (18 boats)
2006 Worth Harris, RUM AT SIX, Hull #603 (7 boats)
2007 NO J/105 CLASS
Charleston Race Week
2000 Bob Johnstone, TERN V, Hull #304 (13 boats)
2001 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (10 boats)
2002 Tom Coates, MASQUERADE, Hull #17 (17 boats)
2003 Lewis Gunn, DEAD ON ARRIVAL, Hull #433 (10 boats)
2004 Robert Baker, PLANET B, Hull #238 (11 boats)
2005 Jay Schachne, COLTRANE, Hull #332 (12 boats)
2006 Brian Keane, SAVASANA, Hull #526 (10 boats)
2007 Brian Keane, SAVASANA, Hull #526 (14 boats)
Canadian Championship
2000 Jim Rathbun, NORMA BELL, Hull #110
2001 Jim Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull #110
2002 Jim Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull #110
2003 Jim Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull #110
2004 Robert Baker, PLANET B, Hull #238
2005
Jim Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull #110
2005
Jim Rathbun, HEY JUDE, Hull #110
2006 Glen Malcolm & Arthur English, STARCROSS, Hull #371
2007 Dave Shaver, RE-TERN, Hull #73 (16 boats)
United Kingdom Nationals
1999 ??
2000 ??
2001 Mike Wallis, JUNEAU, Hull #?? (?? boats)
2002 Mark Francke & Colin Simmonds, MAGI, Hull #?? (5 boats)
2005 Simon & Jane Curwen, VOADOR, Hull #36 (5 boats)
2007 David & Kirsty Apthorp, J-DREAM, Hull #597 (11 boats)
Closest Competitions
Closest Race (top 5 boats, absolute time)
51 Seconds, 1999 Knox Long
Race
won by Tom Kassberg, WALLOPING
SWEDE, Hull #157
Closest Race Per
Mile (top 5 boats, seconds per mile)
2.15 sec/mi. (51 seconds,
23.7 miles), 1999 Knox Long Race (Fleet #1, SF)
won by Tom Kassberg, WALLOPING
SWEDE, Hull #157
Closest Regatta
(5+ races, 10+ boats)
(points separating 1 through
5) 3 points (2003 Key West Race Week,
8 races, 29 boats)
won by Bergmann/Bennett, ZUNI BEAR,
Hull #284, 36 points
Long Distance Records
Longest Distance Races
1999 Oeyvind Karlsen,
SKYWALKER, Hull #22, Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, 2700 miles
(Canary Islands to St. Lucia, the Caribbean, finishing 2nd
of 235)
1996
Saburo Iniki, PUFF, Hull #115, PacificCup, 2070 miles
Long Distance Singlehanded Race
1995 Alan Paris, LEARNING
TO FLY, Hull #14, Bermuda One-Two, 630 miles
1995 Peter Chance, SINGULARITY, Hull
#11, Bermuda One-Two, 630 miles
1995 Brad Tripp, MALA, Hull #65, Bermuda
One-Two, 630 miles
Longest Race/Cruising Passage
~3910nm, 1995, Alan Paris, LEARNING TO FLY,
Hull #14
(St. Augustine, Antigua, Bermuda, Newport, Bermuda, Newport,
St. Augustine)
Most Career Bluewater Miles
>14,800 miles, 1992-1998, Alan Paris, LEARNING
TO FLY, Hull #14
Largest/Most Records
Most Times Participating in NA Championship
4, Bob Taylor, XSNRJ, Hull #145 (1996),
HIJINX, Hull #173 (1997, 1998), CHARADE, Hull #111 (1998)
Most Crew Participating in NAC
7, Gary Kneeland, ORION, Hull #44 (2003)
7, Kevin Pask, FULL TILT BOOGIE, Hull #192 (2005)
Most Women Crew Participating in
NAC
5, Kevin Pask, FULL TILT BOOGIE, Hull #192 (2005)
Largest Fleets (Registered Owners) Fleet #1:
San Francisco, 53 owners, 2007
Most Boats Competing in a One-Design
Regatta North American Championship 2007,
69 boats
Annapolis YC, Annapolis, MD, November 1-4, 2007
Most Races in a Season Series Fleet #1: San Francisco, 40 races
2002 Season Championship Series
Most Consecutive One-Design Regattas
Won 6, Damian Emery, ECLIPSE, Hull #50
(1999, Harbor Cup (12), BIRW (23),
Larchmont RW (12), Larchmont NOOD (21), AYC Fall (16), MBYA Fall (4))
Oldest Owner/Driver Winning
a OD Regatta Lewis Gunn, 83 years, DEAD ON ARRIVAL,
Hull #433, Fleet #11
Charleston Race Week (10 boats), 2003
Youngest Crew participating in a NAC
2007, Team Storm Trysail, Hull #106
Crew all 18 and under, with 26 year old safety officer
Skippers: Sean Harr, Harry Scott, and Steven Roth
Youngest Driver Winning in a OD Race Alexis Steiner, 14 years, Aquavit,
Hull #103, Fleet #1
Golden Gate Yacht Club Midwinter Series (12 boats), 2000
Young Drivers Performing Well in a OD
Regatta Ben Jatlow, 17 years, OSPREY, Hull
#106, 1st. place
Annapolis to Solomons (16 boats), July 2001
Solo Sailing Course Records David Wagner,
GIGI, Hull #424, Chicago Mac
David Wagner, GIGI, Hull #424, Port Huron to Chicago
Travelling Records
Longest Distance (by sea)
to a Regatta
1350nm, Alan Paris, LEARNING
TO FLY, Hull #14
(St. Augustine, FL to Antigua
Race Week, 1995)
Longest Distance (by land) to a Regatta 6651 statute miles (round trip)
Don Priestly, WET PAINT, Hull #189,
MA/SF/MA, 1999
(also achieved 7200 feet above sea
level)
Longest Distance (by air) to a Regatta 2089 nautical miles
Oakland, CA to Honolulu, HI
Sam Hock, JOSE CUERVO, Hull #42 &
Jaren Leet, IRRATIONAL AGAIN, Hull #152
Achieved on a Russian-built Antonov AN-124 plane when their boats were left
at the dock.
(also achieved 32000 feet above sea
level)
Speed Records
Fastest Speeds Recorded (burst) 24.3 knots, Dan Durbeck, PERFECT TIMING
2, Hull #229
Opening Day Santa Barbara Yacht Club, CA, March 5, 2000
Wind NW 25-35, gusts to 45, W ground swell 7', wind waves 3'
Class Sails!
18.5 knots, Christian Ripard, BIGFOOT,
Hull #54
The Gato Pardo Race, 208 miles, Malta,
1994
12 miles in 36 minutes, top speed 23.4
knots
Reported in the June 1995 Newsletter
17.6 knots, Peter Bainbridge,
CUTTLEFISH, Hull #22??
Hamble Winter Series, UK, 1992
For six minutes as reported
in December 1992 Newsletter
Most Miles Sailed in 24 Hours
205 nm, January 1996, Alan Paris, LEARNING TO FLY,
Hull #14
(On passage from Antigua to St. Augustine)
186 miles, March 3, 1993, Peter Chance, SINGULARITY, Hull
#11
(On passage from Annapolis to Bermuda)
Hall of Shame
Most Consecutive Premature Starts
in a Regatta
3, KIMA, Hull #37, Nelson Weiderman
1999 Block Island Race Week
Most Penalty Turns in One Day
2160 Degrees, JOUST, Hull #180, Alan Kelly
August 13, 1999 (NA Champs)
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